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Joy Unspeakable focuses on the aspects of the black church that point beyond particular congregational gatherings toward a mystical and communal spirituality not within the exclusive domain of any denomination. Holmes's research--through oral histories, church records, and written accounts--details not only ways in which contemplative experience is built into African American collective worship but also the legacy of African monasticism, a history of spiritual exemplars, and unique meditative worship practices

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Joy Unspeakable; Joy Unspeakable; ; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Introduction: An Unlikely Legacy; Contemplation: A Cultural and Spiritual History; Retrieving Lost Legacies: Contemplation in West Africa; Every Shut Eye Ain't Sleep: The Inner Life During Slavery; Come Ye Disconsolate: Contemplation in Black Church Congregational Life; Joy Comes in the Morning: Contemplative Themes in African American Biblical Interpretation; Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Contemplation, Activism, and Praxis

Black Lives Matter and the Black Church: Twenty-First-Century Contemplative ActivismDeep Rivers: The Contemplative Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama; At the Crossroads: Art, Activism, and the Contemplative Life; Afterword: Toward a Future Together; Suggested Readings; Index of Subjects and Names

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index

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